Plum
Variety: Presenta (S)
Species: Prunus domestica
Origin
| Breeder, Place | Dr. W. Hartmann, University Hohenheim, Germany |
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| Intellectual property | Artevos, Germany |
| Parents | Ortenauer x President, 1981 |
| Crossing number | Ort. x Pres. 3, Nr. 375 |
| Property rights | registered for EU plant variety rights |
Blossom
| Blooming date | early to medium early |
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| Fertility | self-fertile |
Fruit
| Ripening time | very late, 13. plum week |
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| Scale, shape | medium large, 32-36 mm, 28-37 g, ellipsoid |
| Colour | blue with heavy bloom, shaded fruits slightly reddish |
| Fruit flesh | yellow green to yellow, firm, medium juicy |
| Taste | balanced sugar-acid ratio, even underripe well flavoured |
| Cracking sensitivity | medium to high when rainy weather conditions occur during harvest time, young trees very sensitive |
| Stone separability | freestone |
| Plum pox | tolerant to symptoms of the fruit |
| Storage | variety with very good storability, under ULO-conditions 6-8 weeks |
Tree
| Vigour | medium strong, weeping, lots of blind wood, when pruning the old and extremely hanging fruit wood has to be eliminated |
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| Crop load | from an early age high to very high crop load, early thinning is necessary to achieve good fruit size |
Evaluation
This processing variety is the latest harvesting plum at the moment, which is highly profitable due to its internal and external quality characteristics as well as high crop load. The very late ripening time requires additional regulation of plum fruit moth. Because Presenta (S) has a tendency to fruit clusters, it is also useful to add further fungicide treatment during humid weather conditions in the ripening period.